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亚洲的电视剧，年轻偶像当道，甘草演员通常只有当绿叶的份，较不受电视台高层和观众重视。

不过，近几年情况似乎有一点改变，香港无线电视台最近刚杀青的《溏心风暴3》邀请夏雨、李司棋、关菊英、米雪等资深演员回巢，希望能再掀收视高潮；另一部港剧《赌城群英会》也找来久违的谢贤和刘兆铭，重现30多年前的经典赌命画面。去年，韩国也有一部讲述老人黄昏故事的“Dear My Friends”，主要演员都是演技精湛的甘草演员；今年“Dear My Friends”更在百想艺术大赏击败几部偶像剧，夺下“最佳电视剧奖”。

经验丰富能演得淋漓尽致

在本地，8频道上个月推出的《相信我》也重用甘草演员陈澍城、陈建彬和“辉哥”程旭辉。《相信我》讲述陈澍城扮演的老房东跟六个房客周旋的故事。陈澍城以帮人家算命测字为生，大多数客户都是住在附近的老人。为了增加收入及排遣寂寞，他出租家中空房，跟六个房客发生不少趣事。

一些观众在《联合早报》热线留言大赞陈澍城、陈建彬和程旭辉，称他们“演技自然、不造作”“搞笑功夫了得”“戏里相互抬杠很逗趣”等。剧评人玲子在《联合早报》写道：“陈澍城一把年纪了，还有机会当男主角，他的表现不负众望……陈建彬许久未演电视剧，在戏里与陈澍城的抬杠为戏添色不少。”

69岁的陈澍城在《相信我》有多达350场戏，自喻“男主角中的男主角”：“本地剧讲老年人题材的戏不多，我很幸运能接演这部戏。我觉得甘草演员只要有体力、脑力和努力，一定能演出好戏。老演员不是只能当绿叶，就像早熟的榴梿很多，不过味道没有老的香浓。”

63岁的陈建彬则说：“如果甘草演员在一部剧里占一半，这部剧绝对好看，因为他们的演技跟年轻演员不相上下。我不是说年轻演员不好，只是或许他们不够内敛，老演员毕竟经验丰富，能把戏演得更淋漓尽致。”

虽然甘草演员受到认可，整体而言，由他们挂帅的本地剧还是少数。陈建彬直言：“娱乐圈本来就是帅哥美女的天下，视觉效果很重要，不可能所有的戏都重用老演员，广告商也不会喜欢。本地甘草演员是夹缝中求生存，如果一年有三成的戏重用甘草演员，我们应该感到很满足，不能要求比年轻演员多。”

剧中身边总是少老伴

本地剧甘草演员近年也面对一个怪现象，他们戏里的家庭经常是“破碎”的，不是演单亲爸爸，就是演单亲妈妈，身边总少个老伴。

记者根据过去一年新传媒拍摄的9点档电视剧做一项统计，至少有九部戏出现“单亲”老家长的角色。其中金银姬“单亲”次数最多，在《第一主角》《大英雄》《来自水星的男人》饰演陈泓宇、陈汉玮等人的祖母或妈妈；朱秀凤排行第二，在《大英雄》《你也可以是天使2》当郑惠玉、向云等人的妈妈。《回家》则出现最多单亲老家长，四名资深演员李文海、陈澍城、孙保伶和洪慧芳在剧中全是单亲。

时常饰演老家长的陈澍城笑说，他在《相信我》正好也是一个没有老婆的包租公，对“单亲”的怪现象已习以为常：“电视台可能是为了省钱，或资深演员不够，也许创作人喜欢这类角色，我真的不知道为什么会有这种情况。我觉得不可能这么巧，那么多家庭都是单亲，有点有违常理，也会影响电视剧的精彩度和创作空间。”

陈澍城以2010年的《我在你左右》为例，说瑞恩饰演他的媳妇，由于脚受伤，睡房外可看到斑斑血滴：“导演要我直接开门进去查看，但是我觉得不合理，因为我是家翁，如果是媳妇来月经，怎么办？由于戏里没有老伴，做很多东西都很不方便，最后戏里改为我敲门，让瑞恩开门，解决这个问题。”

甘草演员将流失和枯萎

另一个常演“老家长”的资深演员朱秀凤受访时笑说：“可能是新加坡离婚率高，或者我配不上英俊老生，所以在戏里总是单亲吧！”

笑完后，她语重心长地说，目前电视台的戏偏向力捧年轻演员，目的是想吸引年轻观众收看，所以忽略老演员的角色：“其实，现在收看本地剧的都是五六十岁的人，太偏向年轻人不能引起他们对戏剧的共鸣，造成很多观众流失。”

有“老伴”能有更多交流

李文海和陈澍城也指出本地剧通常只有20到30集，因此一些故事线只能轻描淡写，反观某些韩剧的集数比较多，所以能更细腻地描写一些老角色的故事。李文海觉得如果剧情扎实的话，有一个“老伴”在身边能有更多交流，会擦出更多火花：“一个完整的家庭，有爹有娘当然比较好。如果有更多老家长的角色，我们这些甘草演员除了有更多演出机会，整部剧看起来也会更加热闹。”

陈澍城认为，目前本地甘草演员青黄不接，50多岁的演员才刚冒起，60岁以上的演员则不够用，电视台得经常找外援，创作人因此也面对一些难处。

据悉，继《相信我》后，陈建彬今年12月会再接演另一部戏剧。谈到未来，陈建彬比较乐观，他说随着新加坡人口老化，电视台将更重视甘草演员：“我想跟其他资深演员说，先别灰心，有机会就好好去演，如果演得好，自然有人给你第二次机会。”

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Episode 18:

RBKD: This is unanimously voted as The Episode to watch for the entire series. Episode 18 packs much punch in terms of story and Rui En’s acting.

Story wise, episode 18 takes many viewers by surprise in terms of the well thought of and planned plot twists. The plot twists are convincing and well-presented, making them highly enjoyable.

Acting wise, Rui En wows the viewers with a heart wrenching performance transiting from angry denial to devastated realisation of her sister’s death.

Her subtle acting at the morgue shows Xiaoxi’s immense grieve trapped within. Her ultimate breakdown required no need for additional dialogues as you go through an emotional journey with Xiaoxi here.

If you can only spare time for one single episode for this drama, episode 18 has got to be it.

Episode 18 is RBKD’s top recommendation for the entire series.

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As a sneak peek to the epitome in Episode 18, Episode 16 stands on its own with unexpected revelations and event happenings which help viewers make sense of things.

It also paved the way to enable the successful execution of the plot twists in Episode 18.

Episode 16 hits you like the waves; wave after wave they hit you, leaving you gasping as you wonder how can Xiaoxi not snap under such pressure.

When Xiaoxi gets overwhelmed by guilt and sought death, the transition in her expression after the motorbike chasing scene and that screaming cry rips open your heart even though the camera pans to a wide shot with only her back view in sight. That cry pierces your heart.

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晓溪拜祭思雨，遇到明仁，才知明仁竟是思雨的男友。思雨因明仁而死，令晓溪无法原谅他，也不满明仁的隐瞒，两人决裂。

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#havealittlefaith8 《相信我》 前集提要 #18：

晓溪不愿接受现实，拿起手机刷出简讯，要证明妹妹一直有跟她联系，却发现屏幕上只有她单方面发出的简讯和录音，妹妹发出的最后一个简讯是2015年，晓溪终于想起妹妹已经去世的事实。

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明仁告诉晓溪，她的妹妹已经死了！晓溪不愿接受现实，拿起手机刷出简讯，要证明妹妹一直有跟她联系，却发现屏幕上只有她单方面发出的简讯和录音，妹妹发出的最后一个简讯是2015年，晓溪终于想起妹妹已经去世的事实。

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